Marvin Hamlisch: Last News

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are one step away from achieving EGOT status, needing only an Emmy to complete the prestigious quartet of entertainment honors. The duo has submitted “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Hulu‘s “Only Murders in the Building” for outstanding music and lyrics at this year’s Emmys.

Pamela Blair, an actress known for her roles in "All My Children" and "A Chorus Line," has died at the age of 73. Blair's "A Chorus Line" co-star Baayork Lee confirmed the news in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

Deadline reported.Friends and family took to social media to mourn the “All My Children” actress, with Blair’s “Chorus Line” co-star Baayork Lee writing: “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [‘A Chorus Line’] colleagues among the clouds.” In a Facebook post, Lee — who shared a birthday with Blair — continued that the pair “always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day.”Lee recalled Blair bringing the “house down every night” with her performance of “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three” from “Chorus Line.”“You are free now Pammie so dance, dance, dance among the stars,” Lee concluded her post.Born in Vermont on Dec. 5, 1949, Blair started her career as a stage actress and dancer.

Pamela Blair, who originated the role of the surgically enhanced Valerie Clark in the Broadway smash A Chorus Line, died Sunday at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, following a lengthy illness. She was 73.

Retired Broadway veteran Ronald Dennis Watson died, age 78, on Saturday at 9:20pm after a prolonged illness while surrounded by family and friends.'We would like to thank the many doctors and nurses who have cared for him over the years,' his representatives told Broadway World last Sunday.'But especially the entire staff at [Canyon Trails Assisted Living and Memory Care in Canoga Park, CA] who have given him such personal care over the past year.' RIP: Retired Broadway veteran Ronald Dennis Watson died, age 78, on Saturday at 9:20pm after a prolonged illness while surrounded by family and friends (pictured in 2021) The Ohio-born, LA-based actor made his Broadway debut in 1967 as a dancer in Hello, Dolly! starring Pearl Bailey before originating the role of Richie 'Gimme the Ball' Walters in A Chorus Line in 1975.Ronald played the aspiring kindergarten teacher-turned-dancer in the off-Broadway production at The Public Theater, the Broadway production at the Shubert Theatre, the US tour, and he received a special Theatre World award in 1976.The Twitter account for the late EGOT champ Marvin Hamlisch, who composed the music for A Chorus Line, reacted to the news on Monday.'We are saddened to hear about the passing of Ronald Dennis, the original Ritchie in A Chorus Line,' Hamlisch's rep tweeted.

Eminem could be the next artist to achieve an EGOT status following his win at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Slim Shady became an Emmy award winner when the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show won for Outstanding Variety Special.

Lin Manuel-Miranda is so close to hitting a major milestone!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLin-Manuel Miranda is one step closer to achieving EGOT status after earning an Oscar nomination in the best original song category for “Encanto’s” “Dos Oruguitas.” Miranda already has Emmy, Tony and Grammy awards.Should he succeed in winning the Oscar, he would join the elite group of artists who have achieved the status, including John Legend, Marvin Hamlisch and Robert Lopez. Composer Alan Menken was the most recent artist to achieve EGOT status in 2020, when he won an Emmy for outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program for “Waiting in the Wings” from Disney’s “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.”Miranda also has the rare distinction of winning a Pulitzer Prize for “Hamilton.” There are currently only two other people in the world who hold that honor, Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers.

Chris Willman Music WriterKenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams’ films dating back to the late 1960s, died Jan. 27 at his home in Florence, Oregon.

Marilyn Bergman, winner of multiple Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more, has died at 93. She passed at home in Los Angeles at 1:15 AM PT Saturday morning with husband Alan Bergman and daughter Julie Bergman at her side. The cause of death was respiratory failure (non-COVID related).